Nailed it: "trades Polish for Purpose"
That says it, straight right to the jaw for all the glitzy showtrucks.
I want to carry "stuff", not much stuff in any one trip, but lots and lots of times.
First new car I bought when I came to USA (Yes, I'm an immigrant) was a Mazda B2200 pickup.
Small...
Yes, but at least a year away before we can really see one up close,
Thats a real bummer, seems to me they should put a few on a trailer and run around the whole country like lunatics showing it off.
This is FL, pickup country, customization is the name of the game, folk will sign up in droves...
Yes, I know. Fell off a suburban NJ road on black ice in a FWD chrysler Sebring convertible.
And yes, it was cold, roof was UP, heat was ON, defogger at MAX.
This is one of the stories that encouraged me to move from NJ to FL.
Took a week to fix it, then another 5 weeks to get the "correct"...
dude, this is AutoAmerica, trying to plan years in the future? Impossible!
Bury your $$ in a solid investment, and when you see what you want, deliverable in less than 3 months, BUY IT
Until then, its all hype.
Me? I want an Aptera, (and a Slate as well for the pickup-stuff) but my chances...
Price!
If it's inexpensive, still has ok range, and is not polluted with a million meaningless options? Then yes. By that time we will have some pretty good reliability info.
Yes for FL, drop one into Daytona for Roar at the Shore?
FL is pickup country, test drive in the parking lot.
But I'll go upto GA, or even Louisiana, just to sit in one
I have an old golfcart, put 3 flexible 120w 18v panels on the roof, wired in series. Total weight including wiring about 15 lb. Wired it to a standard solar controller and hooked that to the battery. Have not plugged it into the charger for about a year.
Now I never go more than say 5 miles in...
What I did, was the same install, (the 14-50 outlet, with honking #4 wire) but I put a 30-amp breaker in the box, and I have a progarmmable EVSE, which I set to 26 - 28 amps.
I probably didnt need the huge wires, but it was about a 40-foot run.
It has charged my daughters Model-3 couple...
agree about the rating requirement, but I read it the other way around. How many watt-hours to go 1 mile? My Arcimoto (wierd electric 3-wheeler) is a bit over 200, so a KwH takes it about 4-miles-ish, half that at 80mph.
I think some smart folk can get a 4-wheel, 2-door sedan into that...